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No sleep or sleep meds

Sleep Health | Last Active: Aug 9, 2024 | Replies (115)

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CBT-I is cognitive behavioraL therapy for Insomnia. I suppose it works for some people but it did not work for me because I am not willing to get out of bed after 20 minutes of being awake over and over. I can lie there and meditate and deep breathe and practice progressive relaxation and be in a much more conducive state to fall asleep that the anxiety of having to get up over and over through the night.

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I’ve been through cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety which didn’t do anything. My sleep issues seem to be familial as both my mother and brother had them. My mother didn’t take anything and once I asked her how she could just go through night after night without sleep and she said usually on the 3rd night she’d go to sleep on what she called the sheer exhaustion method. She was right. On the 3rd day without sleep, I’d just conk out laying on the couch watching tv and when I’d awake my husband would tell me I’d been deeply asleep for 4 hours.